Maintenance Service
Resume:
RALPH HOOVER
Riverside, CA **504
***************@*********.***
OBJECTIVE
Experienced Field Service Technician/Maintenance Mechanic seeking a position in the printing, manufacturing or
machine repair industry.
QUALIFICATIONS
Manage all aspects of in-house maintenance from printing and bindery equipment repair to building maintenance
(installing new lighting) on production floor to installing new power drop plugs for new equipment. Skills include:
Over 30 years of training/experience in trouble shooting and repairing machines in a high production, fast
paced environment.
Factory trained in Japan, Germany, and the U.S. on over 20 different models of printing presses and bindery
equipment.
Read wiring diagrams/schematics
Extensive field experience resolving customer problems
Experienced on 480 volts/3 phase down to 5 volt DC circuit signal
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Transilwrap Company, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA July, 2012-November, 2012
Worked as a maintenance tech, repairing rewinder machines which cut plastic film to customer size then rewinds
film; repaired lifting hoist.
Omega Contract Design, Huntington Beach, CA April, 2012-June, 2012
Temp Agency
GKN Astech, Santa Ana Ca.
Worked as a maintenance tech fixing, repairing and maintaining production machines that produced parts for the
aerospace industry
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT, IRVINE, CA August, 2011- February, 2012
Temp Agency
Sterigenics, Tustin CA
Worked as a maintenance tech fixing, repairing and maintaining production
machines, conveyors used to sterilize medical products and foods from all over the
world; worked with gamma rays inside a cell.
Moonlight Six Company, Riverside, CA 2009- 2011
Repair service
Owner, self-employed, Field Service Technician
Travel to customer sites repairing any production machines that were broken--from
printing presses to bindery machines, to installing new lighting on the production floor,
to running conduit and wiring for outlets and drop cords. Worked with 480 volt three
phase to 5 volt DC signal on circuit boards. I can read schematics, wiring diagrams
and trouble-shoot problems down to the component level.
WORKFLOW ONE, Ontario, CA December, 1999 - November, 2009
Recognized as one of the largest manufacturer of printed business forms and checks
Maintenance Mechanic
Service and repair high production equipment. which includes (2) six color Miyakoshi's roll to roll and sheeter
presses, a Harris 500 (3) color press, (5) Diddie 860 printing presses from (3 to 6) Colors, Harris 1000 (4) color,
Harris 500 (3) color, Taiyo (5) color printing press, a Harris 950 collator, Harris 750, Hunkler multi-station collator,
Hamilton sidewinder collator, drills, paper cutters, Cross sealer machines, heat tunnels, product conveyor roller
systems and drives, forklift trucks and jacks maintenance. Fix anything that breaks. Keep everything running from
little to no downtime.
Supervised other maintenance mechanics on second and third shift for 9 years
Maintained a spare parts inventory of high wear and tear replacement parts to reduce downtime
Performed preventive maintenance on all production equipment.
Worked with many parts vendors to get the best price for repair parts.
Repaired/rebuilt machine attachments such as strobe lights, power control boxes, counters, and
glue heads to changing out drive motor brushes.switch board panels, High voltage drives that controls
motor speed/jog speed/min. speed/max speed. Ran conduit, pulled wire. Installed dropcords and power
breaker panels.
MOONLIGHT SIX COMPANY, Riverside, CA June, 1998- December, 1999
Repair Service
Owner, self-employed, Field Service Technician
Traveled to and from customer sites repairing printing and bindery equipment in the Southern California area,
which included the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego.
MAN ROLAND INC., Huntington Beach, CA (formerly of Santa Fe Springs, CA) February, 1993-June, 1998
Manufacturer of printing presses
Service Technician for the Western Region
Installed printing and bindery equipment in the Western United States
Trained new customers on the operation of new equipment
Trouble-shoot problems in the machines. repairing or replacing bad parts
EDUCATION
G.E.D, United States Army
Graduate Industrial Electronics, Coyne American Institute of Technology, Chicago IL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Honorable Discharge, U.S. Army
Award Winner, In-House Suggestion Program
Team Club Award Winner (Sales/Service Award)
Designed, built, bench tested, and installed a new Web Brake System (This stops the machine if the paper
breaks. Paper breaks cause the machine to jam up. My solution reduced downtime by hours.)
Team Club Award Winner (Sales/Service Award)
Designed, built, bench tested, and installed a new Web Brake System (This stops the machine if the paper
breaks. Paper breaks cause the machine to jam up. My solution reduced downtime by hours.)
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